Roads (Click to open the recording in a new window)

Two roads diverged in a barren heart
And I stood wondering which one I should take
The first was a temptation
Full of every sweet sensation
And this heart started racing
With excitement
The second one looked hard to walk
The signs weren’t filled with pretty talk
And I put up every roadblock
To escape it

Both roads claimed they would take me
Where I wanted to go
So I chose the one which felt the best to me
I should have known

Following your heart works for the movies
But rarely leads you well in reality
And oftentimes the road that seems
Impossible to tread
Is the one that takes you where you want to be
I know pleasure’s road looks thrilling,
All its sensations fulfilling
But take it from one who knows
You’ll never reach home
Without taking the other road

I walk back to the fork in the road
After traveling the path of the deceived
I can’t believe I was so blind
I let the tour guide make my mind up
It took me years retracing to find
Where I went wrong
A life of foolish choices
Listening to foolish voices
So now my only choice is
To choose again

Both roads claimed they would take me
Where I wanted to go
But the one I took landed me in this prison cell
So by experience I’m telling you

Following your heart works for the movies
But rarely leads you well in reality
And oftentimes the road that seems
Impossible to tread
Is the one that takes you where you want to be
I know pleasure’s road looks thrilling,
All its sensations fulfilling
But take it from one who knows
You’ll never reach home
Without taking the other road.